IBM HAS AUDIBLE ICONS TO HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

IBM Corp has developed a system to enable blind people to use graphical interface applications: Screen Reader/2 causes the computer to sing out the icons as they are scanned by the cursor – I’m a wastebasket, I’m a delete and so forth; it costs $730 including an 18-key Braille keyboard and it is to be […]

IBM Corp has developed a system to enable blind people to use graphical interface applications: Screen Reader/2 causes the computer to sing out the icons as they are scanned by the cursor – I’m a wastebasket, I’m a delete and so forth; it costs $730 including an 18-key Braille keyboard and it is to be available this September.